arfich

Old Irish

Etymology

From air- +‎ fichid (“to fight”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɾˈɸʲixʲ/

Verb

ar·fich (verbal noun airgal)

to vanquish

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	singular	plural
present indicative	deut.	ar·fiuch		ar·fich
present indicative	prot.

imperfect indicative	deut.
imperfect indicative	prot.

preterite	deut.
preterite	prot.

perfect	deut.
perfect	prot.

future	deut.
future	prot.

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.

present subjunctive	deut.
present subjunctive	prot.

past subjunctive	deut.
past subjunctive	prot.

imperative

verbal noun		airgal
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of *ar·fich*
radical	lenition	nasalization
ar·fich	ar·ḟich	ar·fich pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ar-fich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language